New nature reserves among wild ideas for land on Ox/Bucks border - BBOWT
Farmer network aims to restore nature at landscape scale.
NEW nature reserves for wildlife and people is one of six bold new ideas for land between Oxford and Aylesbury.
New meadows, ponds and a five-mile corridor of woodland north of Oxford are also among the striking suggestions for projects across the 300km2 area of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) has published the list of attention-grabbing potential schemes following an 18-month consultation with locals.
The study was funded by Buckinghamshire Council in response to a growing number of threats to the natural environment in the Oxford-to-Cambridge arc from Government including HS2.
Prue Addison, Conservation Strategy Director at BBOWT, said: "This area between Oxford, Bicester and Aylesbury is one of the most fantastic areas for wildlife in our region: we've got nationally-important habitats like ancient woodland and floodplain meadows which are home to rare species like Bechstein's bats, great crested newts and curlew - but these habitats are increasingly fragmented and threatened. Following our consultation with farmers, councils, business owners and residents, we can confirm that there is huge potential, with exciting new sources of funding, to connect the fantastic existing habitats and create a nature-rich 'green lung' between Bicester and Milton Keynes. The projects we are proposing can help us create more nature everywhere, capture carbon to tackle climate change and benefit farmers and the rest of the local economy."
Posted On: 21/08/2023
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